TORONTO - In this busy of election season, St. Michael's College School reached across the globe and increased their Alumni Executive Election participation rate for the 2nd consecutive year. "How could the Alumni, who are now all over the world , be able to find time to vote?" FUNDING matters® Inc. used their experience and online survey tool FM - IQ® to create a simple-to-use online polling system that accounted for the multiple candidate positions, unique votes, and even automateding email notifications for voters . SMCS Online Elections

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